Pray, listen to a story of the most peculiar sort—a tale of gall and greed that would make even the most hardened denizen of the East End blush. Imagine, if you will, a lady of the law, a judge with fifteen years of tenure, who thought herself above the very statutes she was sworn to uphold. While the common folk toil in the fog and grime, this high official decided that the seaside breeze was more suited to her temperament than the solemnity of the bench.

From the 5th to the 19th of November, this woman of the court vanished. She told her superiors she was venturing to Tambov—a dull enough destination for a lie. But in truth, she had flown to the sunny shores of Sochi, where she sprawled upon a luxurious lounger, sipping refreshment and basking in the sun. There, amidst the sand and salt, she conducted the business of justice via the magic of video-link. Ten verdicts! Ten fates of men and women decided not in a hall of law, but from a beach-chair!

She would summon her secretary through the wires, barking orders and delivering judgments while the waves crashed in the background. But fate, as any old street-urchin knows, is a fickle mistress. During one such call, her colleagues glimpsed the shimmering sea and the unmistakable trappings of a holiday. The jig was up. The masquerade ended.

Now, the hammer has fallen. This 'Beach Judge' has been stripped of her immunity and her royal stipends. She is no longer the untouchable aristocrat of the court; she is now a mere subject of the Crown’s scrutiny. The whispers in the taverns are clear: a criminal case is being readied for her.

It is a dark day for the law when those who wear the robe treat justice as a mere diversion. We have seen such rot before—like that wretched case in Labytnangi where a youth spread scandalous photos of a maiden, only to escape with a mere fine of a hundred thousand rubles. But this! This seaside farce is a different breed of insolence. The public eye is now fixed upon her, waiting to see if this lady of the lounger will finally taste the cold iron of the law she so lightly disregarded.